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Gene93 Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

clearly/plain

Hello,
Can we use both of them in:
- Jack wants to sell the house his grandparents left him? He's clearly/plain crazy.

Not what I would say, but I just want to know if they collocate well. I think they are fine, but they might not be. Can you detect any differences in meaning?
  

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" is awkward-sounding and difficult to pronounce because of the sequence of two "c-y"s in a row. This sentence would rarely if ever be used in everyday speech because of this. " is very folksy and "country"-sounding.

— Anonymous

  • " is awkward-sounding and difficult to pronounce because of the sequence of two "c-y"s in a row.
  • This sentence would rarely if ever be used in everyday speech because of this.
  • " is very folksy and "country"-sounding.
  • This is how people in rural areas of the US speak.
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The two words have the same meaning: "obviously." "He's clearly crazy." is awkward-sounding and difficult to pronounce because of the sequence of two "c-y"s in a row. This sentence would rarely if ever be used in everyday speech because of this. "He's plain crazy." is very folksy and "country"-sounding. This is how people in rural areas of the US speak.
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Can we say that "completely/totally" would collocate better with crazy? I just referred to "Oxford collocation dictionary" and that's what it said. There are other collocations as well.

P.S. Can we say that a person is "completely/totally" crazy and he needs medical help?
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